12:18 PM ET France’s Julian Alaphilippe claimed an impressive victory in the 13th stage of the Tour de France, a 27.2-km individual time trial, on Friday to win his second tour stage and extend his overall lead. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider clocked 35 minutes over the lumpy course to beat defending champion Geraint Thomas by
12:01 PM ET CHICAGO — As Ryan Day prepares for his first season as coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, he’s following advice from another young coach who entered a similar situation in 2017: Oklahoma‘s Lincoln Riley. Day called Riley “a great resource” during his preparation to succeed Urban Meyer with the Buckeyes, and the
11:36 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Jordan Spieth was finishing up a call and heading for the cart that would whisk him away from the course when a young worker stepped in and asked him to pose for a picture. Spieth put his arm around the boy’s waist and gently moved him out of
1:58 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — After playing just two rounds in the past month, Tiger Woods said he needs a break and will head back to Florida to rest up for the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs. An admirable 1-under-par 70 that included bogeys on the final two holes at Royal Portrush on
11:21 AM ET Rafael dos Anjos and Leon Edwards both made weight Friday morning for their vital welterweight clash that is headlining the UFC San Antonio card. Edwards, the first fighter on the scale, came in at 171 pounds, and Dos Anjos hit the exact same number. The two men will square off in an
11:06 AM ET CHICAGO — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh stood by comments made Thursday in which he said controversy has followed former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer “everywhere he’s been.” “I don’t think it was anything that was new, or anything of a bombshell,” Harbaugh said during Day 2 of Big Ten media days on
11:31 AM ET Haas’ title sponsor has renamed itself Lightning Volt after a bizarre internal struggle under its former guise, Rich Energy, captured headlines over the past two weeks. The saga has featured numerous twists and turns — most recently, the removal of Rich Energy’s former CEO, William Storey, from his position — and still
10:43 AM ET Welterweight contender Jose Benavidez Jr. has suffered a leg injury in training, forcing him to postpone his fight with former world titlist Luis Collazo next month. Collazo and Benavidez were due to meet in a 10-round fight in the main event of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on Aug. 17
11:01 AM ET Associated Press PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Tom Lehman took a final walk up the 18th hole in the British Open, his son on the bag and a few tears in his eyes. The 1996 Open winner, who mostly plays now on the Champions Tour, missed the cut after adding a second-round 76
10:20 AM ET Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former New York Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus has died in Arkansas of apparent heat stroke, officials said. He was 32. Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs says Petrus died Thursday night at a North Little Rock hospital. He says Petrus had worked outside all day at